No Obstacle Too Great – Embrace
And Conquer

No obstacle too great – it may
take time; it may take a detour; it may take a mind -set change.

Perhaps that is what is needed.
In the ebb and flow of life, maybe it is just a different perspective?

No Obstacle Too Great

Sitting on the beach, sea sand
scratching, sun shine warming and all the while mesmerizing waves in the sea of
life are building, cresting, sand castle destroying; towel soaking and … finally diminishing into nothingness as they
are absorbed by the sands of life.

We’ve all been there.

Waves of life moving relentlessly
forward, one after another. Legionnaires of obstacles with their onslaughts to conquer
our hopes and dreams and aspirations. You
see them building; you see them gaining momentum; climaxing crests poised to
roll down and dash your dreams. Fearsome, negative, daunting and seemingly
beyond all hopes of overcoming.

So you stay there. Sitting.

Safe on the beach. Watching from
a distance.

Not for you to venture too far;
too close to those waves of life. After all, what’s a few sand castles
dissolved; what’s a few soaked towels. You can rebuild your sand castle, the
sun will evaporate your disappointment soaked towel and you can start again,
sitting there is the same place, doing the same thing and hoping for a
different outcome.

Passing that elusive exam; a
relationship solid and grounded; work environment fulfilling and challenging;
being your best for the world; finding equilibrium and quiet in a world
unbalanced, callous and unrelenting.

Or you can get up. You’ve spent
time watching. You know the tides and ebbs of life. You’ve assessed the
currents and their risks.

Now’s the time to run, not with
reckless abandonment, but purposefully forward into the sea of life.

Arms flung up embracing; cold
foam inviting, refreshingly compelling you forward. You dive under a couple of
waves – no problem. You break through the froth buoyant and jubilant. You get
dumped by a huge unexpected, unforeseen wall of rushing water.

You force your way up, through
the torrent of life, rub sand and seaweed from eye burning and clear your vision.
You remain focussed. You keep going. Dive under; dive over; get flattened; keep
going…

And finally you get where you
want to be.

A near-to-prefect wave
forms. This is what you’ve been waiting
for. Not perfection, just an opportunity waiting to be claimed.

Anticipation heightens,
adrenaline swirls around you, within you. Poised you swim frantically ready to
harness the incredible potential that is yours to seize and then you’re soaring
on torrent of water, gaining momentum as you move ever
closer to a dream achieved, a challenge conquered
and a mind opened to possibility.

Yes, there’s a time to sit on the
beach and watch and savour its warming familiarity.
But there is equally a time to swim with judicious abandonment.